My emotions were going haywire, and my stomach was churning. I felt sick, and depressed. I took a step back from where I threw up, and looked around. This had been happening for the last few days, something was up- but I just couldn't bring my self to talk to Jack. I was just about to walk away from my puke pile when hard hands wrapped around my waiste. I screamed, then a hand covered my mouth,
" It's just me." Said a deep male voice, I recongized instatly. Jack, I sighed and melted into his embrace.
" Oh, you scared the hell outta me." I murrmurred. I felt weak, and deflated.
" You okay?" he whispered in my ear. Oh, damn, I really wanted to tell him the truth- but I didn't want him to worry over nothing. I nodded,
" Ya, I'm fine." He chuckled,
" So what are you doing out here in the forest?" His question was more of a demand I-need-to-know- sort of thing.
" Just... taking a stroll." It felt like my bones turned to jello, and the world was spinning faster than I could comprehend. My knee's buckled beneath me, and I started sliding down Jack's hard body. I immediatly felt hands pull me back up, and gently lay me on the ground.
Jack kept shaking me, wanting me too open my eyes. They felt heavy, and I just wanted to sleep, relax, go into dream world where nothing seems so horriable. Finally I opened my heavy lidded eyes, and looked into the hard lines of Jack's face.
" Are you okay? What's wrong?" He immediatlly went into doctor mode, and I just really wanted Jack. I just looked at him through lowered lashes, but my lips wouldn't form any word to say that I'm okay. Finally summoning up the stregnth- I took a deep breath and said,
" No." My voice sounded harsh, and dry. Jack forwned. He felt my forehead, and a look crossed his face. " What?" I asked, my voice just a bit stronger.
" Your... cold." And he was right. My whole body felt like it had been stuck in a deep freeze freezer for a million years. " Have you thrown up lately, drank some weird tasteing water? Anything?"
" Throwing up- all the time. I wanted to tell you but..." He nodded, and scooped me up in his lean, strong arms. " We need to get you back to camp." He stated, and took off power walking. I grappled for him- he was walking to fast, and my surroundings blended in to one big blerry seen. I gave a harsh cry, and tried to push away, but his arms didn't drop me. So, embaressing as it may be, I threw up on Jack. Talk about disgusting- but apparently he didn't think som he slowed his pace, but took bigger strides. It seemed forever until we made it back to camp. When we reached the caves he carefully lowered me down onto the make shift bed.
I groaned in protest of the secure arms they were no longer around me, and the warmth she just started to feel. " I'll be right back." He walked out of the cave for a second then returned. He came at me with water, and some pills. " Here." He opened the cap of the water bottle and held my head as I drunk it. " These pills are to fight infections, and a slight seditive also..."
" Infection?" I questioned.
" That's what I think you have- It has all the signs of one..." I nodded, and took the pill with out hesitation. I really wanted to sleep, and feel a lot better when I wake up. A few minutes after I took the pill it effect was almost immediate, and I started to doze off. Then I heard Jack mutter a curse, and rifle through some objects.
" W...What's... wr...wrong?" I tried to manage to say, when he turned around he smiled.
" You just get some sleep okay Kate?" I barely agreed before I fell into a deep nights sleep.
I awoke with dread, and alarm when I looked around the cave and didn't see Jack.
" JACK!" I called out, and my echo rang loud and clear to anyone who was listening.
" Sorry Freckles, he checked out for a while." Said a southern voice. Sawyer. I struggled to sit up, but in the end laid back down.
" Where'd he go?" I asked. A cold chill creeped up my spin at the thoughts that rushed into my mind. I knew something was going on.
" Oh, well... someone came into the camp with a gun, and being a maniack." He smirked. " Jack, Syaid, and Michael, are out to save the day. Like always." He muttered. My heart quickened,
" WHy didn't you go after the crazed idiot?" I aksed harshly. Why did Jack have to leave her with him? Sawyer swore than go to his feet-
" Because he wants you safe and sound okay Freckles?" A knot started to form in the pit of my stomach- I blanched and Sawyer noticed it. " What? What's wrong Freckles." He knelt down to my side, and looked into my face truely concerned.
" You have a gun, right?" I whispered. He nodded. " Give it to me," I demanded from him. He looked puzzled then took a step back.
" Whoa there, I know your in pain but..."
" Not to kill myself jackass. I'm going out there to see what's going on." I struggled to stand up, and Sawyer just kept looking at me puzzled. Then he clearly connected the dots,
" Uh uh, sorry no."
" Come with me." I pleaded. I was still ill, and I would need someone or something to lean on here and there, and to help me get to Jack better. I took one look at Sawyers face and knew we were going for sure. Sawyer is such an readable guy, his eyes gives him away. He's testonstrone filled, and loves action, and thrill. He'd do it, I know he would.
I was power walking through the trees as fast as my sore feet could manage. My breathing was heavy, and I felt like a rag doll. I had a gun firmly positioned in my hand, and a flash light in the other. " You keeping up Sawyer?" I called behind me. When no answer came, I looked behind me and only saw trees. A ripe set of fears came flooding through her mind, but she kept on going, and going, and going. Calling out Sawyer, and Jack's name, trying to locate them. All of a sudden I heard voices surround me,
" Go back,"
" Don't look back,"
"Criminal,"
" They're dead." The voiced kept getting louder and louder, I screamed and yelled at them, but they were unrelentless. I ran, and ran, till I stumbled unpon something. A person. That person, was actually 3 people. Jack, Syaid, and Michael all in a heap on the soggy, forest floor. I crashed down on my knee's not even caring that it hurt like HELL, that I fell on rocks. First I checked all their paulse points and made sure they were still breathing, and alive. They all were thank god, then I started yelling at Jack, slapping him, trying to wake him up. I was just about to wack him again when a hand grabbed my wrist. I gave out a small squeak.
" That's gonna hurt when he gets up, ya know." Sawyer reminded her. I nodded, and stood up shakily.
" We got to get them back to camp. Here, help me wake Michael up okay?" We set to work, and when Michael woke up, we tried Syaid- but damn that man was a sound sleeper. Thankfully we had one man up, and we carried Syaid, and Jack back ourselves.
When we got them into the infrimerary, I set to work. I got out water, and splashed it on their faces- that got their attention. They were up and gasping, in mere seconds. Jack looked over at me, and had a confused look on his face.
" What happened?" He asked. I shrugged, that was what I wanted to know.
